9-letter words containing s, z
- sermonize — to deliver or compose a sermon; preach.
- sexualize — to render sexual; endow with sexual characteristics.
- sforzando — to be played with strong initial attack
- shemozzle — a noisy confusion or dispute; uproar
- shimazaki — Tōson [taw-sawn] /ˈtɔ sɔn/ (Show IPA), (Haruki Shimazaki) 1872–1943, Japanese author.
- shlimazel — an inept, bungling person who suffers from unremitting bad luck.
- shoe size — standard footwear measurement
- showbizzy — characteristic of showbiz
- shvartzer — Yiddish: Usually Disparaging and Offensive. schvartze.
- signalize — to make notable or conspicuous.
- silverize — to cover, plate, or treat with silver.
- sitz bath — a chairlike bathtub in which the thighs and hips are immersed in warm water, usually as part of a therapeutic treatment.
- sitz-bath — a chairlike bathtub in which the thighs and hips are immersed in warm water, usually as part of a therapeutic treatment.
- sitzkrieg — slow-moving warfare marked by repeated stalemate.
- size zero — a very small size in women's clothes, originating in the US, equivalent to a UK size 4
- skip zone — a region surrounding a broadcasting station that cannot receive transmissions either directly or by reflection off the ionosphere
- sleazebag — a sleazy person; sleaze.
- slivovitz — a dry, usually colorless, slightly bitter plum brandy from E Europe.
- sloganize — to make a slogan of; express as a slogan: to sloganize one's opinions.
- smorzando — fading away; dying out (a musical direction).
- sneeze at — to emit air or breath suddenly, forcibly, and audibly through the nose and mouth by involuntary, spasmodic action.
- socialize — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- sodomized — to subject to sodomy; commit sodomy upon.
- sodomizes — to subject to sodomy; commit sodomy upon.
- solemnize — to perform the ceremony of (marriage).
- solutizer — any admixture to a substance for promoting or increasing its solubility or that of one or more of its components.
- sonnetize — to write sonnets.
- sorbitize — to turn metal into a form containing sorbite
- sovietize — (sometimes lowercase) to bring under the influence or domination of the Soviet Union.
- spazz out — an awkward or clumsy person.
- spinozism — the philosophical system of Spinoza, which defines God as the unique substance, as an impersonal deity, and as possessing an infinite number of attributes, of which we know only thought and extension, and an infinite number of modes, each modifying all of the attributes, these attributes and modes being regarded both as proceeding necessarily from the nature of God and as constituents of God.
- sporozoal — belonging or relating to Sporozoa
- sporozoan — any parasitic spore-forming protozoan of the phylum (or class) Sporozoa, several species of which, as plasmodia, cause malaria.
- st-tropez — commune and seaside resort in SE France, on the Mediterranean: pop. 5,000
- stabilize — to make or hold stable, firm, or steadfast.
- stargazer — a person who stargazes, as an astronomer or astrologer.
- steinmetz — Charles Proteus [proh-tee-uh s] /ˈproʊ ti əs/ (Show IPA), 1865–1923, U.S. electrical engineer, born in Germany.
- stelazine — a synthetic drug, C21H24F3N3S·2HCl, used as a tranquilizer in treating certain mental disorders
- sterilize — to destroy microorganisms in or on, usually by bringing to a high temperature with steam, dry heat, or boiling liquid.
- stieglitz — Alfred, 1864–1946, U.S. photographer and editor (husband of Georgia O'Keeffe).
- stramazon — a downward fencing stroke
- stylopize — (of a stylops) to parasitize (a host)
- sublimize — to make sublime
- subsidize — to furnish or aid with a subsidy.
- subtilize — to elevate in character; sublimate.
- sulcalize — to furrow, make a furrow in; predominantly, to make a furrow in (the tongue), make the surface of (the tongue) concave in order to produce certain phonemes
- sulfatize — to convert into a sulfate, as by the roasting of ores.
- sulfurize — to combine, treat, or impregnate with sulfur.
- summarize — to make a summary of; state or express in a concise form.
- summerize — to prepare (a house, car, etc.) so as to counteract the hot weather of summer: to summerize a house by adding air conditioning.